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Hello and welcome in to the latest edition of the ESPNFC, Kay Murray, Alejandro Moreno and Shaka

Hislop here in the studio with lots to talk about on today's show.

But we will kick things off in Spain where there's been bad news about Lamine Yamal.

The alarm bells ringing in Marca because what we do know has been ruled out for the rest of the season with Barcelona due to a torn hamstring.

But the word is he should be okay for the World Cup according to his club.

Spain kick off their campaign in 53 days on June 15th.

And joining us now is Al-a-Liga, Kirtland. How bad is it, Alex?

Yeah, it felt like the whole country kind of collectively held its breath when Lamin Wendell,

down with his injury, Kay, because he's the guy, he's the main man, he's the player that

everyone's putting their hopes on at the World Cup this summer. He's the player that takes Spain from being one of the contenders for the World Cup to being among the favorites to lift the trophy. That's how good he is. And it's far from ideal having him in this state of fitness. Because as you say, yes, you know, it's a partial tear of the hamstring. We think he'll be out for four or five weeks, something like that. Of course, it's a month until the end of the season. So he should be fine for the World Cup. But it's not just about that, is it? How many times have we seen a star player, you know, racing against the clock to be fit for a major tournament? Even when they come back, you're worried about them. What kind of state are they coming back in? will they be at their best or anything close to it. It's far from ideal for Spain.

And yeah, like I say, yes, Lamin should be with Spain at the tournament should be involved when they kick off their World Cup campaign. But exactly where will he be in terms of his match fitness? Where will he be psychologically as well? Because this is the kind of thing that plays on your mind.

There is the chance of a relapse with this kind of injury. Will it be holding him back, you know, preventing him from being the kind of player that we know that he can be at the World Cup? There's so many questions right now. But yeah, what we do know, like you say, for sure, is that his season with Barser is over. But for them, it's not the end of the world because barring, you know, an incredible collapse,

they're going to win the league anyway. Yeah, the player is the biggest concern here and the priority of the player and his wellness and his fitness. And to Alex's point, you are looking then. Is it rushing him back even to come into this? Are you going to have to rest him through the group stages, how is his match fitness? The concerns have to be over the player's wellness. Well, the first concern is, what is indeed the gravity of the injury? And the hamstring tears. There is a full spectrum of those. There are some that it's just a couple of weeks, then there are some that it's about a month,

and then there are some that you're out for three, four months because of how bad it is.

It seems to be that we're sort of in the middle ground there, which is about a month. And so it

helps to be 18 years old. It helps to be a young player that, and I know Shaq and I cannot relate to this right now

at this point of our lives.

Haven't been for a while, but I got your point.

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